2023-2024
So this is it. Another year has gone. As someone who has lost most of his sense of wonder, I was never big on New Year’s eve. Two years earlier, fireworks were a big waste of money — a flamboyant fraudulent flaunt of the wealthy, where both the rich and the poor // escape from the meaninglessness of life // through observing big displays of euphoric symbols of celebration // in a temporary holiday that is too short for many // or in another normal night of working to meet the ever-increasing life demands. Looking back, this might’ve been a rather solipsistic way of thinking // in the mind of a young(er) adult // who longingly gazed at the stars, but never really, really immersed himself in the mundane reality. Probably privileged, or at least, pretended to. But tonight is different. 2023 taught me a lot of different things. Brought me to different people, different ways of thinking, different life trajectories. And I can’t help but soak it all in. *** A few weeks earlier one of my c
